Monday, April 11, 2011

In addition to cheering onDonald Trump, last night Sarah Palin also weighed in on the budget deal and President Obama's role in the process. Palin thought Obama deserved no credit for the compromise and even thought his actions were "appalling" and "atrocious" since he used the funding of troops as a pawn in his political game.

Palin also suggested why the Tea Party should not be happy with the budget compromise:

"What the Tea Party wants is for government to be smaller and smarter. When you consider that we just saw an increase in government spending by about 28% and saw a little chip out of that to the tune of 1%, I would say that no the Tea Party and Americans in general who are concerned about the fiscal health of our country did not get what they wanted."

Palin urged for more drastic cuts to be made, saying that after national defense is fully funded, then everything should be on the table. And she hesitantly supported Republican Congressman Paul Ryan's budget proposal, but her hesitancy was only because she wished it could be more aggressive and accomplished quicker.

However, she was most fired up over the criticism from Democrats about the Tea Party, which she labeled as a distraction:

"It's very, very insulting what the administration and President Obama tried to shove down the American public's throat in terms of that rhetoric and the scare tactics and the chaos that would ensue – they tried to get people to believe if there was a partial shutdown."

Instead, Palin concluded Americans are much more intelligent than Democrats might think.